Posts by BizzyBee

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Why Isn't the USA the Safest Country in the World With All the Guns

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have 9 guns for every 10 people in this country.

since more guns = better protection, i keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???.

i don't see such violence in canada, australia, europe, japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.. what is wrong with us here.

BizzyBee

It's time to stop even trying to counter these NRA bullying talking points. They're BS. It is time to get to the actual facts - too many are dying due to guns. How-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin arguments are over-due to be retired in favor of common sense solutions.

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Why Isn't the USA the Safest Country in the World With All the Guns

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have 9 guns for every 10 people in this country.

since more guns = better protection, i keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???.

i don't see such violence in canada, australia, europe, japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.. what is wrong with us here.

BizzyBee

Your "war-grade" argument doesn't hold water.

And you, sir, are quibbling over exceedingly narrow definitions that are becoming increasingly meaningless in the overall discussion. My use of terms, technically correct or slightly less-than, will not amount to a hill of beans when this finally comes up for a rational debate, which is looking to be sooner rather than later.

When 5 year-olds are slaughtered wholesale it is time to call a halt. And I believe this country will.

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Why Isn't the USA the Safest Country in the World With All the Guns

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have 9 guns for every 10 people in this country.

since more guns = better protection, i keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???.

i don't see such violence in canada, australia, europe, japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.. what is wrong with us here.

BizzyBee

The shooter in CT used "a Glock 9 mm handgun, a SIG Sauer handgun, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before turning the gun on himself.
The two pistols were found inside the school and a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of his mother's car in the parking lot.
"The damage these weapons can do is just horrific," firearms expert Ronald Scott said.
All three are highly lethal weapons manufactured for combat and to stop criminals. The semi-automatic Glock and SIG Sauer are the two most popular firearms used by law enforcement officers around the country and by private gun owners, said Scott.
The Glock, made in Austria, and the American-made SIG Sauer can fire up to five bullets a second at a velocity of 1,200 feet a second.
Scott said the shooter likely used hollow point bullets, “"The bullet is meant to open up like a flower ... The nose of the bullet and spreads open, creating a devastating wound through tissue and organ that sends the victim intAo almost immediate shock.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ct-school-shooter-made-combat-weapon-article-1.1220431#ixzz2F5it7ZAH

Close enough.

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Why Isn't the USA the Safest Country in the World With All the Guns

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

we have 9 guns for every 10 people in this country.

since more guns = better protection, i keep asking myself why there is so much gun violence here ???.

i don't see such violence in canada, australia, europe, japan and other so-called "advanced" countries.. what is wrong with us here.

BizzyBee

"Ban guns"? That is not the same as "gun control," yet the two concepts are frequently used interchangeably, especially by those who want to demonize any conversation about a common-sense approach to stricter laws regarding the acquisition of guns or the type of guns available.

Why should war-grade weapons be available to the average civilian?

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Hard Boiled Eggs Cannot Be Peeled . . . Ever!

by compound complex in

jw
friends

good morning, friends:.

it's nearly 3:00 a.m., and i needed a midnight snack.

i didn't want to fry an egg so i tried to peel a couple cooked eggs.

BizzyBee

I put 2-4 eggs into a small pan of water, cover and bring to a boil. After three minutes I turn off the heat, take one out, run cold water over it and scoop out the inside with a spoon for a soft-boiled egg. The rest I let sit another 9 minutes, then immerse in cold water and then refrigerate for HB eggs. They turn out perfect every time - no dark ring around the yolk, no cracking/white seeping into the boiling water, not overcooked.

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Hard Boiled Eggs Cannot Be Peeled . . . Ever!

by compound complex in

jw
friends

good morning, friends:.

it's nearly 3:00 a.m., and i needed a midnight snack.

i didn't want to fry an egg so i tried to peel a couple cooked eggs.

BizzyBee

We always keep a few HB eggs on hand for quick protein. Mr Bee has the same complaint, however - his big fingers cannot seem to finesse the shell off without taking big chunks of eggwhite. It must be an art - I have no problem making a quick job of it.

If only I could master my IPhone, IPad, IPhotos so easily! IGiveup!

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Friends of Bill W. W Must Stand for WTF?

by Malsonilla in

i keep crossing paths with people who are in recovery, that is, recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

these folks regularly attend alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous meetings and are all somewhere in the process of working the 12 steps of recovery.

the organization denies affiliation with any legal entity; a blatant deception, a lie they tell new ones and each other at each and every meeting.

BizzyBee

Perhaps your friends are just annoying by nature - AA notwithstanding.

Whiners don't last long in AA - they relapse.

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Friends of Bill W. W Must Stand for WTF?

by Malsonilla in

i keep crossing paths with people who are in recovery, that is, recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

these folks regularly attend alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous meetings and are all somewhere in the process of working the 12 steps of recovery.

the organization denies affiliation with any legal entity; a blatant deception, a lie they tell new ones and each other at each and every meeting.

BizzyBee

Are you trying to get sober?

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My mother passed away this morning...

by Tatiana in

jw
friends

for any old-school ex-jws here that remember my many posts about my abusive jw mother and my sister committing suicide because of it...she passed away this morning because she began to bleed out and refused a transfusion.

she had been in the hospital for a month.

it appears she suffered a stroke and wasn't found by the brothers & sisters for three days (they missed her at the meetings).